Florida Senate - 2015                          SENATOR AMENDMENT
       Bill No. CS for CS for SB 616
       
       
       
       
       
       
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       Senator Bullard moved the following:
       
    1         Senate Amendment to Amendment (877970) (with title
    2  amendment)
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    4         Delete lines 1041 - 1049
    5  and insert:
    6         (7) TRANSITION.—School grades pursuant to this section and
    7  school improvement ratings pursuant to s. 1008.341 for the 2013
    8  2014 school year shall be calculated based on statutes and rules
    9  in effect on June 30, 2014. To assist in the transition to 2014
   10  2015 school grades and school improvement ratings, calculated
   11  based on new statewide, standardized assessments administered
   12  pursuant to s. 1008.22, the 2014-2015 school grades and school
   13  improvement ratings shall serve as an informational baseline for
   14  schools to work toward improved performance in future years.
   15  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the 2014-2015 school
   16  year shall be considered an implementation year for the new
   17  statewide, standardized assessments. Learning gains data from
   18  2014-2015 test scores may not be used in the calculation of
   19  school grades, school improvement grades, district grades, or
   20  personnel performance evaluations pursuant to s. 1012.34 if such
   21  use would result in a lower grade or level of performance than
   22  the grade or level of performance which would result without the
   23  use of learning gains data.
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   25  ================= T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T ================
   26  And the title is amended as follows:
   27         Delete line 1657
   28  and insert:
   29         regarding the school grading system; designating the
   30         2014-2015 school year as an implementation year for
   31         the new statewide, standardized assessments;
   32         prohibiting the use of learning gains data from 2014
   33         2015 test scores under specified circumstances;
   34         specifying